Sorry, William, you may not kiss the bride.
Once the ceremony is complete and the rings have been exchanged, there will be no royal kiss at the abbey altar for the benefit of the 1,900 guests in attendance. Church of England protocol forbids this behavior, especially in Westminster Abbey, one of the world's most famous churches.
"There will be no kiss during the wedding ceremony," explained the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall, the dean of Westminster and the man responsible for overseeing the spiritual life of Westminster Abbey. "We don't do that in the Church of England. That's sort of a Hollywood thing: ' You may now kiss the bride.' It doesn't happen here."
For the royal family, too, kissing, it seems, is serious business and must be undertaken only in appropriate situations. When William's mother, Princess Diana, wed Prince Charles in 1981, the pair also did not kiss in church. Instead they produced an iconic moment on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. As thousands of well-wishers screamed for the newlyweds to pucker up, Diana said to Charles: "Well, what about it?"
Photographs of the resulting kiss were published across the front page of every British newspaper and around the world.
That balcony moment will be repeated by William and Kate, although this time it will be scripted and part of the carefully planned event.
The allocated time for the William and Kate's kiss is 1:25 p.m. London time. Several publications reported this week that William and Kate have gone so far as to practice the act to ensure the camera angles are right for the international press.
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